| Welcome to 4chanlink What is it? This site provides a simple way of linking to images (jpg, png and gif) on 4chan even after they have 404'd. By using 4chanlink the linked image will be accessible at least 14 days after it has 404'd on 4chan. This is because the image is mirrored here on 4chanlink.
All you have to do is insert the word "link" after the word "4chan" in the image URL + visit it yourself once. For example... http://images.4chan.org/b/src/1305489361877.jpg ...becomes... http://images.4chanlink.org/b/src/1305489361877.jpg Instructions: 1) Copy the image URL from 4chan. 2) Insert the word "link" after "4chan" in the URL. 3) Important: Visit the new modified URL yourself once. 4) Send the modified URL to your friends. You have to visit the modified URL yourself once because that's how this site will know that the image should be downloaded and mirrored. Note: If you visit a 4chanlink URL in your browser and the domain automatically changes from 4chanlink.org to 4chan.org in your address bar you know the URL is working. You can also check to see if the URL appears on this page to the right. Note 2: At the moment only HTTP request works, if your URL starts with https:// you must change it to http:// (remove the s) in order for it to work with 4chanlink.
When you visit a 4chanlink URL it is checked to see if an image is online at 4chan with the same path. If the image is online you are redirected to it on 4chan and in the meantime 4chanlink downloads the image to its server. The next time you (or anyone else) visit the same 4chanlink URL it is checked to see if the image is still online at 4chan. If the image is still online at 4chan you are redirected to it. If the image has 404'd on 4chan the previously downloaded (mirrored) image is presented here on 4chanlink instead. 336 hours after the image was discovered to have 404'd on 4chan it expires and is deleted from 4chanlink as well. When viewing the mirrored image ONLY the image is shown, NOT a web page containing the image.
This site is a side experiment of mine, its future depends on how much it is used. If you like the service you can make sure it stays online by recommending it to your friends. 4chanlink is mainly designed to be used in chat conversations where the number of recipients aren't too many. It shouldn't be used for clickable links on a web page (have people copy-paste it themselves). It's a site referral issue. Links from applications should be OK. There's one issue you should be aware of: If two people visits the same 4chanlink URL within 5 seconds, and the image is removed from 4chan within those few seconds, 4chanlink will still believe the image is online at 4chan. This is due to a small cache implemented to reduce stress on the server otherwise caused by popular URLs. It should be a rare happening, and not too big of a problem, but if it does happen the second person to visit that 4chanlink URL will be presented with the 4chan 404 page instead of the mirrored image (if he tries the 4chanlink URL again 1-5 seconds later he will see the image). Tip: You can use 4chanlink as a temporary storage for images you wish to save while you are visiting 4chan on a computer other than your own. Simply open the image, add "link" to the URL, hit enter and close. When you get home you go to this page, find the image URL in the list to the right, visit it and save the image to your hard disk. Never again do you have to think "aw man I wish I were at home so that I could save that image". | Active linked images You have to copy and paste the URL into your address bar to bypass the 4chan referer check (they have it to prevent hotlinking/leeching). 3016 3015 3014 3013 3012 3011 3009 3007 3005 3004 3003 3002 3001 3000 2999 2998 2997 2996 2995 2994 2989 2987 2985 2984 2983 2982 2981 2979 2976 2975 2973 2971 2969 2968 2967 2965 2964 2963 2962 2961 2960 2959 2958 2957 2956 2955 2954 2953 2949 2948 2947 2944 2943 2942 2941 2940 2939 2938 2937 2936 2934 2933 2927 2924 2923 2922 Delete an illegal image from 4chanlink In order to delete an image from 4chanlink the image must have been deleted from 4chan first. At least five people must want to delete the same image for it to be deleted from 4chanlink as well. |